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The Art of Software Modeling
book

The Art of Software Modeling

by Benjamin A. Lieberman
December 2006
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
296 pages
8h 40m
English
Auerbach Publications
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Chapter 2
A Systematic Approach
One major reason that models are created is to understand complex systems. is is
particularly true in the software development field. By its very nature, a computer
software system is created from a myriad of interacting parts that all combine to
produce visible behavior. To understand and construct such systems it is necessary
to deconstruct a large unmanageable problem domain into smaller domains that
can be more readily addressed. is process of deconstruction is known as Systems
Analysis, and was developed as a formal process in the early days of computer sci-
ence during the 1950s [1–3]. is chapter pres
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ISBN: 9781420044638